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Commission recommends raised medians for two San Fernando Road intersections
Summary
The Glendale Transportation and Parking Commission voted to recommend city council install raised landscaped medians at Western Avenue and Sonora Avenue as part of the San Fernando Road beautification phase 2, with staff saying the changes will not reduce travel lanes or noticeably affect traffic flow.
The Glendale Transportation and Parking Commission voted April 27 to recommend that the City Council proceed with installing raised landscape medians at Western Avenue and Sonora Avenue as part of the San Fernando Road beautification project phase 2.
Staff described the medians as 3'4 feet wide and landscaped, saying design adjustments minimized impacts to on-street parking and that traffic-analysis results indicate no noticeable changes to peak-period delay or queueing. "There are no impacts to travel lanes, parking, as well as the operations, the flow of traffic," a staff presenter said, and staff confirmed ongoing coordination with Glendale Fire and Police on emergency access.
Commission questions focused on level-of-service analysis and emergency-response coordination. Commissioners pressed staff to confirm whether the medians would affect response times; staff said it had coordinated with both the fire and police departments and that the intersections are expected to operate at acceptable levels of service.
The Commission moved and, by roll call, recommended council approval with one dissenting vote recorded in the minutes.
Next steps: staff will include the Commission's recommendation in the council packet for final action; the medians are part of a broader San Fernando Road phase 2 effort and will be packaged with other corridor improvements.
